Omicron Variant May Overcome Prior COVID-19 Infection
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who have already had COVID-19 have a higher risk of reinfection with the omicron coronavirus variant than with earlier variants, new research shows. The South African scientists who reported the findings…
Learn MoreMost Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most vaccinated American adults have every intention of getting booster shots, a new poll finds.Only about one in five say they will not get it, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey conducted wi…
Learn MoreNew York Reports Five Omicron Cases, U.S. Total Rises to Nine
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Five cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York state, one in Minnesota, and one in Hawaii, officials in those states announced Thursday. That brings the known total in the United S…
Learn MoreSecond Omicron Case Reported in Man Who Traveled to NYC Anime Convention
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Just one day after the first omicron case was reported in the United States, federal officials announced a second case on Thursday, this time in a Minnesota man who had traveled to an Anime convention in New …
Learn MoreBiden’s New HIV/AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Roadblock to Victory
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Racism is “a public health threat” that must be tackled to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Biden administration said Wednesday in announcing its new strategy to fight the disease.Over generations, “stru…
Learn MoreWHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With HIV a continuing threat to women’s health, the World Health Organization has approved the first long-acting device to protect women from sexually transmitted HIV.The device is a vaginal ring made of sili…
Learn MoreBiden to Announce Plan to Battle Omicron, Delta Variants This Winter
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden plans to announce a new round of measures to protect Americans against the spread of coronavirus variants on Thursday.
The strategy will include making rapid at-home COVID-19 tests free fo…
States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A settlement that gives protections to Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma should be rejected, a group of states told a federal judge on Tuesday.The settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits a…
Learn MoreFirst U.S. Omicron Case Reported in California
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first confirmed U.S. case of the omicron variant has been reported in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
The patient was a traveler, apparently from the …
First Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first U.S. overdose prevention centers have opened in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights.People will be able to bring their drugs and use them under the su…
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